Cape Town – Activist group Action Society is furious at the request of a Cape Town mother to only pay a R5 000 fine instead of doing jail time, after she was recently convicted by the Parow Regional Court on charges of child neglect and child abuse.
Read more: https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/fury-at-cape-mom-who-wanted-to-pay-r5-000-fine-for-abuse-and-neglect-of-child-30c861be-434d-44bb-90dc-1426ac160208
Over the weekend, Police Minister Bheki Cele visited several forensic laboratories and expressed concern over a backlog of about 240 000 DNA samples that needed to be analysed. Read more: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2630131/dna-test-backlog-delaying-justice/
Despite a turnaround plan that the police implemented in March, the backlog in DNA cases continues to rise – standing at a whopping 237 631. Read more: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/saps-dna-backlog-grows-to-almost-240-000-cases-20210921
Advocacy group Action Society has appointed a legal team to conduct a watching brief on the case of Siphokazi Booi, 27, who was brutally killed in Mbekweni, Paarl. Read more: https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/advocacy-group-keeping-close-watch-on-brutal-paarl-murder-case-194d960e-bfb2-4c8f-aea9-83268ef656f8
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